"It is a mistake to imagine, that..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.”

“We give nothing so freely as advice.”

“Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear.”

“I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.”

“I feel the terror of idleness, like a red thirst. Death isn't just an idea.”

“Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.”

“It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the rest. Even idleness, as feeble and languishing as it is, sometimes reigns over them; it usurps the throne and sits paramount over all the designs and actions of our lives, and imperceptibly wastes and destroys all our passions and all our virtues.”

“One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom”

“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”